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CONVENTION WITH NEW GRANADA. SEPTEMBER 10, 1857. 985 T R E A T IE S . Olaims Convention with New Granada. Ooncluded at Washington, September 10, 1857. Ratifications exchanged at Washington, November 3, Proclaimed by the President of the United States, November BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: S¤P*·i0»1$57· Ante, pp. 145, (J15i A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS a convention between the United States of America and the P¤‘¢¤¤1l>l¢· Republic of New Granada was signed in the city of Washington on the tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, which convention, as amended by the high contracting parties, is, word for word, as follows: The United States of America Los Estados Unidos de América C9¤¤’¤°6¤K and the Republic of New Granada, y la Repnblica de la Nueva Graua- p"°°" desiring to adjust the claims of citi- da, deseando arreglar las reclamazens of said States against New ciones de ciudadanos de dichos Es- Granada and to cement the good tados contra la Nueva Granada y understanding which happily sub- estrechar la buena inteligencia que sists between the two Republics, felizmente subsiste entre las dos Rehave, for that purpose, appointed pnblicas, han nombrado con tal oband conferred full powers, respec- jeto y conferido plenos poderes, tively, to wit: The President of the respectivamente: El Presidente de United States upon Lewis Cass, los Estados Unidos é Lewis Cass, Secretary of State of the United Secretario de Estado de los Estados States, and the President of New Unidos, y el Presidente de la Nue- Granada upon General Pedro A. va Granada al General Pedro A. Herran, Envoy Extraordinary and Herran, Enviado Extraordinario y Minister Plenipotentiary of that re· Ministro Plenipotenciario de la Republic in the United States, who, piiblica en los Estados Unidos, after exchanging their full powers, quienes despues de haberse cambiawhich were found in good and prop- do sus plenos poderes y de hallarlos er form, have agreed to the follow- en buena y debida forma, han couing articles: venido en los articulos siguientes: ARTICLE 1. Amrxoono 1°. All claims on the part of corpo- Todas las reclamaciones de parte Certain claims rations, companies, or individuals, de ciudadanos de los Estados Uni- W l>¤}"=fm¢d W citizens of the United States, upon dos, corporaciones, compaiiias,6 par- °°mmlss1°°°"" the government of New Granada, ticulares, contra el gobierno de Ia which shall have been presented Nueva Granada, que habran sido prior to the first day of September, presentadas antes del primer dia de one thousand eight hundred and Setiembre de mil ochocientos cinfifty-niue, either to the Department cuenta y nueve, al Departamento de of State at Washington, or to the Estado en Washingtono al Mimstro minister of the United States at de los Estados Unidos en Bogota, Bogota, and especially those for especialmente las provementes de